Yes, that’s right it’s a giant pencil sharpener. But no it will not sharpen your giant pencils! This is for organising all your miscellaneous pens, pencils and other stuff without looking out of place amongst your other stationery related desk accessories. Source
Perfectly functional, understated and cute. Made from scraps and off-cuts. This classic wooden doorstop has just a touch of added mouse-like character without being too blatant. If objects are more useful, cheerful and altogether more friendly then people foster stronger relationships with them... and maybe slow down land fill. Source
Is it a plane? Is it a postcard? No it's a postcard aeroplane! Excellent for kids and grown-ups who are just big kids, it's made from balsa wood and the pieces easily pop out to form your very own loop-de-loop, flying glider. It's much more fun than ordinary mail and once you write a little message on it, it becomes post with a bit more love and personality. Don't forget to send it by ‘air mail' though, get it? Air? Because it's a plane and it flies through the air! Source
Birthdays don't always have to be days of planned happiness,ending with a disappointing victoria sponge covered in soggy iced footballs. Why not get involved and inject a bit of joy into the whole thing with our Happy Birthday Cake silicon mould? The mould creates the cake that says it all - And implies you put a lot more effort into it than you actually did! because if you want to, you can use it to microwave the perfect cake in 6 minutes! But we won't tell anyone if you don't (Don't worry though the mould is heatproof up to 300 degrees should you want to do it the old fashioned way in the oven). Made from food grade silicon and including a recipe embossed onto the rim. You'll never need to eat a soggy football again! Source
When you chop an orange in half, why squeeze the two pieces separately? Now you can squeeze both halves at the same time using both hands. Genius. Source.
Are you mini like Kylie? Or a mountain like Hulk Hogan? Measuring your height with numbers is so last decade, we all gauge our heights by celebrity now darling. This tongue-in-cheek mirror lists 120 celebrities by height and guarantees to have people loitering in front of it trying to make themselves more James Dean instead of Ben Stiller. Source
Add coins at your own risk: only by smashing the glass can they be retrieved. As you watch your money literally build up, you will be torn between the desire to save more or cash in. With money rapidly disappearing into plastic cards and online transactions, the physical presence of ‘In Case of Emergency' money box will make you think more carefully before you decide to splash out. What will be your moment of need? Source
You probably didn't think you would ever want a hotel style Do Not Disturb door-knob hanger in your own home. Well not until you saw this fancy piece of word-bending design. The text reads differently each way up! Source
Chromed Steel Dart Coat Hooks with a Screw-in wall fixing. They look so cool you may not want to cover them up by hanging your coats on them! 170mm long - Pack of 3. Source
Totally minimal block of wood with digital numbers floating across the surface. These clever clocks have a very thin layer of real maple wood veneer that permits the LEDs to shine through. Each one is slightly different due to the natural variation in wood grain. Source
Take your smoking ban anger out on this ashtray, as you stub your flaming cigarette into the belly of this steel, no smoking sign which has been hammered into an ashtray. It's like a tiny victory for all those who freeze their tits off for a smoke while their friends enjoy a cosy pint. Or, y'know, it could subliminally force you to quit smoking, which is never a bad thing. Source
A modern design classic in it's own lifetime! The coolest bottle opener that could ever adorn your key chain, forget Homer Simpson key-rings or even those shark things. If you really want to impress your mates when you are drinking al fresco watch their amazed faces as you open your beer with ease and your keys! It looks exactly like a standard door key but the action end is a bottle opener that will never leave your side (as long as you don't loose your keys!). Source
An inventor has designed a wacky MP3 player that does away with a traditional LCD screen in favour of a projection system.
The Music Drop player, so named because of its raindrop shape, casts track names, artist details and play progress onto surrounding surfaces, from walls and to palms. Oddly, the text’s projected in a spiral shape – which will surely make it hard to read.
Chinese designer Gowoon Jeong said he ditched a traditional LCD screen to help keep the Music Drop’s size down and to make it easier for people to see music information. He also claimed that the projection method gives... ahem... an “unexpected pleasure”.
The MP3 player has iPod-style buttons for skipping through tracks, rewinding and fast-forwarding. It looks like tracks are loaded onto the device through a micro USB connection, with the player suspended around your neck. Source: RegHardware
Many things have appeared on toast: Marmite, Vegemite, jam and even Cylons. Now a designer’s invented a toaster that can burn pretty much anything onto your morning slice, including the news.
The Scan Toaster connects to a PC over USB and downloads everything from local weather conditions and the current time to the morning’s news headlines.
Inside the toaster is a network of toasting “modules”, each heated by a hot wire. Each module can move by 30° and, once the user selects what they want on their toast - excluding a topping, of course - the modules align themselves and burn the appropriate content onto the bread.
The appliance is a finalist in design competition run by manufacturer Electrolux and designer Sung Bae Chang said he got the idea whilst - you guessed it - making some toast.
No plans to manufacture the toaster on a mass scale have popped up yet.
The couch contains two sections and tables that swivel, as well as storage underneath. And if the couch isn’t cutting it for you, the cushions collapse into the base to form a coffee table. It may not be the most comfortable or stylish, but we’re a fan of how practical this couch is for anyone who lives on their laptop like we do. Unfortunately it’s still in the concept phase.
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